From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 15 20:37:15 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CFB41065670 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:37:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from ns2.bafirst.com (ns2.bafirst.com [97.67.198.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9C928FC12 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:37:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from unixmania.com ([189.251.78.28]) by ns2.bafirst.com with esmtp; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:27:36 -0500 id 000D4C98.4D7FCBB8.000110F2 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by unixmania.com with local; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:27:08 -0600 id 000CF6EC.4D7FCB9C.0000B7CB Received: from dsl-189-251-78-28-dyn.prod-infinitum.com.mx (dsl-189-251-78-28-dyn.prod-infinitum.com.mx [189.251.78.28]) by econet.encontacto.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:27:08 -0500 Message-ID: <20110315152708.17816tr2i5gh1400@econet.encontacto.net> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:27:08 -0500 From: eculp To: freebsd-current MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (5.0-cvs) X-Remote-Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101211 Ant.com Toolbar 2.0.1 Firefox/3.6.13 X-IMP-Server: 189.251.78.28 X-Originating-IP: 189.251.78.28 X-Originating-User: eculp@encontacto.net Subject: I want to put together a new server with 9.0 that I will use as a prototype X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:37:15 -0000 I want to put together a new server with 9.0 that I will use as a =20 prototype for hardware and OS updating. By the time I finish I'm sure =20 9 will be out;) I will use them to replace my 7.4 servers. The only doubt that I have relates to disks. I would like to use GPT =20 and ZFS for the disks and have never used either but my real concern =20 is ZFS and problems that I could have due to my ignorance in choosing =20 the correct configuration for installing and then maintaining once in =20 production. I like to think that I am not a total idiot and should be =20 able to. I am also concerned with ZFS life expectancy (oracle). I'm =20 assuming the GPT will be around for a while and don't see it as a =20 problem. I would appreciate any support as to any errors my logic and which ZFS =20 setup is the most practical, up-time and maintenance wise. If there =20 is something better that I've missed, I would love to here it. ZFS is =20 my "raid" solution and I find it cool. Thanks for any and all suggestions, slaps on the wrist, etc, etc. ed